The phrase "ancient old" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to describe something that is very old, likely having existed for centuries. For example, "The ancient old palace had been around for hundreds of years."
"Ancient old papers, people haven't been looking, all that usual conspiracy crap," he says.
At yet another moment, he is an ancient old man on his deathbed, exchanging final confidences with his beautiful, tearful great-niece.
The banking system, the preserve of ancient old men shouting at each other across marble hallways, is a farce and a confidence trick.
In discussing ingredients, she notes that Jews have maintained a taste for some of the world's most ancient Old World foods, like onions, dates and barley.
Or try holidaylettings.co.uk for villas around Javea on the north of the Costa Blanca, surrounded by coves, with an ancient old town full of narrow streets and whitewashed houses.
We're the famous Dulwich Hamlet and we look like Tuscany!" Some will argue that Clapton FC and their ancient Old Spotted Dog Ground should be England's representatives in this Joy of Six.
"Ancient, old-time Nara," as a local cicerone unfailingly referred to it, is an hour's drive from Kyoto — a postcard town set in a show-place park.
"So all of the rituals surrounding the funeral of a cardinal are very reminiscent of these ancient, older allusions".
It shifted keys and tempos, masked its blues form in the theme sections and could sound ancient — older than the Delta blues for instance — or modern.
Our results suggest that overmature planted forest stands, particularly those that are mixed-woods with high basal area, are an effective means to connect and expand ecological networks of ancient old-growth forests in historically deforested and fragmented landscapes for ectomycorrhizal fungi.
Here, we evaluate the contribution of forest type relative to habitat characteristics in determining species richness and composition in seven forest blocks, each containing an ancient old-growth stand (> 1000 yrs) paired with a set-aside even-aged planted stand (ca. 180 yrs).
